Pulitzer Prize General Non Fiction Winner
The Problem of Slavery in Western Culture
by David Brion Davis
Summary
A profound intellectual history that examines how the institution of slavery was viewed and justified by Western thinkers from antiquity to the 18th century. It explores the slow and difficult rise of abolitionist thought.
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Historical Context & Significance
Davis was a founding father of modern slavery studies; his work shifted the focus from the "economics" of slavery to the moral and religious tensions that eventually led to its downfall.